Nothing is as good as homemade with love..
If you are tired of endless hair fall and hard to get rid off pesky dandruff, don’t lost hope. I’m glad you’ve chosen to read about how this homemade herbal hair oil can help you.
I have had beautiful lush hair all my life, if I may say so myself. Genes, I guess. My dad, his sister and my grand mom have had lush thick and long hair. Clearly it ran in our genes. Until mid last year. Out of the blue, I started to have a really bad case of hair fall for which I knew no reason why. …
Srilankan Ambarella Curry is an awesome vegetarian curry spiced using the uniquely aromatic Thuna Paha or Srilankan Roasted Curry powder.
Srilankan Ambarella (Ambulla) Curry is inspired by our recent travel to Srilanka which in hindsight, was inspired by voraciously watching and drooling over Peter Kuravita’s cookery shows.
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Nugge Soppu Rotti is a perfectly delicious way to include Moringa leaves into your everyday diet. No need for fancy trendy smoothies or shakes, nor Moringa pills and powders needed. Just plain real wholesome food in a holistic diet. Hello! Wishing the New year has started on a super positive note for you! Here’s the…
Currently in season is one of my favorite ingredients – Mango Ginger aka Mamidi Allam (Telugu), Manga Inji (Tamil), Mavina Shunti (Kannada). If we follow the lead of the season, one can eat the best foods our body needs during the season. Mango ginger takes myriad forms in our kitchen especially savory like chutneys, relishes and…
Pride of Karnataka, Mysore pak, the quintessential sweet of Mysore (my home town) known for its melt in the mouth feel and richness oozing from copious amounts of Ghee is considered as the king of sweets in our state. The kind of sinfully delicious premium Indian sweet worth preparing for the king of festivals. DeepavaLi…
Varuthu Arucha Kozhambu ia an authentic Iyengar style recipe using Ash Gourd (Poosanikayi) and Toor Dal cooked with freshly ground paste of roasted spices & coconut. The only recipe I ever need to make Kozhambu with a variety of vegetable combinations Kozhambu or Kuzhambu with “zha” [Koh Lum boo, Tamil] standing for a deep tongue twisted version…
Siri Dhaanya Kheer is a delicious Gluten Free Kheer made out of a combo of five millets – Proso, Kodo, Little, Barnyard and Foxtail. Great on taste and healthy too. Siri Dhaanya Kheer – Five millets Kheer is a tasty way to incorporate not just one, but different kinds of millets in your diet in…
I won’t start with a rant on why Banana stem aka BaaLe Dindu (Kannada), Arati doota (Telugu), Vazhai Thandu (Tamil), is good for you nor take you on a guilt trip on why you aren’t inculcating healthy eating habits by including it in your diet etc etc. Instead, I will introduce you to this lip smacking…
First up, let me clear a few things. I have no affiliation with any political party. Thought I am talking about Congress party? That is perhaps the last thing I’ll talk about! In fact, I am going to indulge you in something way more interesting than that – the quintessential pass-time snack of Karnataka, more so…
If there’s something better than Baby Mango Pickle, it is this oil free Karnataka style Amtekayi Uppinakayi ಅಮಟೆಕಾಯಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ (Indian Hog Plum Pickle). So distinctly flavorful, I’d call it the end of summer’s best pickle after Mango. You’ll never quite find this in the stores Closely following the mango season, Amtekayi or Indian Hog plum appears…
